---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001906324-24-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QDEL"
cik: "0001906324"
company_name: "QuidelOrtho Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T17:16:55.100328+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QuidelOrtho stockholders elect all 10 director nominees, approve say-on-pay, ratify EY as auditor

## Summary
- Ten directors elected with 97.5% to 90.9% of votes cast; highest support for Evelyn Dilsaver (95.6%), lowest for Kenneth Widder (90.9%).
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved: 54,888,387 for, 3,194,023 against, 879,159 abstain, plus 4,262,897 broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as fiscal 2024 auditor: 61,334,670 for, 1,022,808 against, 866,988 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001906324-24-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QDEL
- cik: 0001906324
- company_name: QuidelOrtho Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/qdel-20240514.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 3960387a2b57c14beb3899cb4f7096b1abfce8d2
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of Director: Edward L. Michael at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 14, 2024, QuidelOrtho Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: 48e0fffae9ea59b99ab6caf5db554fc697a4f74b
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of Director: Joseph D. Wilkins Jr. at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 14, 2024, QuidelOrtho Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: 610b63ed10e9bccee10875bcd8658bb3f007b867
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of Director: Evelyn S. Dilsaver at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 14, 2024, QuidelOrtho Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: 731dd5912278c5499e2abb67775fb80cbe144bdc
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of Director: Kenneth J. Widder, M.D. at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 14, 2024, QuidelOrtho Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: 88a0a9a383fc93517df87a167de123de4ea57f3d
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of Director: Robert R. Schmidt at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 14, 2024, QuidelOrtho Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: b021bf08f6d4a1d3522cd2f8d3e58e12b4cb1454
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of Director: James R. Prutow at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 14, 2024, QuidelOrtho Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: b14d54bcbad1e4d064d5779f650b61d585190caa
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of Director: Kenneth F. Buechler, Ph.D. at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 14, 2024, QuidelOrtho Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: b6f3f2f8110fafbc27be5ed92f34c7875feb4e15
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of Director: Ann D. Rhoads at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 14, 2024, QuidelOrtho Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: c2fe84a52def6ec7247673d2a91d713e03ed2428
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of Director: Matthew W. Strobeck, Ph.D. at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 14, 2024, QuidelOrtho Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: c6eb19d21ad730c230ab52df272ef4d2c4cd2361
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 2 The Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 54,888,387 3,194,023 879,159 4,262,897
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: d78ec3c2d094e9bbb5f8758d2bcd82c2a2cbf8fa
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of Director: Mary Lake Polan, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 14, 2024, QuidelOrtho Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: f55fe830f8432a5e74eda5b006fe1fd70e035505
  claim: QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 3 The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's 2024 fiscal year by the votes set forth in the table below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 61,334,670 1,022,808 866,988
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000034/0001906324-24-000034-index.htm

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